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P. M. KLING.

STREET AND STATION INDIGATOR.

No. 351,270. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STREET AND STATION INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,270, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed March 6, 1886. Serial No. 194,296. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Street and Station Indicators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in whi ch Figure 1 is a front or back view of my im' proved indicator, showing part of the casing broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

My invention relates to anim proved indicator,intended more particularly for use on streetcars for indicating the streets, but which may be used on steam-cars to indicate the stations; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a suitable case or box, in the upper end of which isjournaled a shaft, B, having a huh, '0, composed of four or more equal sides. Over the hub G fits an apron, D, of chains, the length of the links of the chains being equal to the width of the hub O, as shown in Fig. 2.

. F represents tablets secured to the chains, one being secured to each link, as shown in the drawings; or, if necessary, only part of the links may be provided with the tablets. On turning the shaft it will be seen that the tablets are brought one after the other into a vertical position over the shaft B, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon these tablets are marked the names ofthe streets orstations-as, for instance,

the word Pine-as shown in Fig. 1.

The upper end of the box A is provided with an opening closed by a glass, E, through which the occupants of the car can see the names on the tablets, thus being informed of the next street. The box also has an opening closed by a glass, G, in its other side, so that the driver can see that the device is operating properly. I prefer to make in the top of the case an opening closed by a glass, H, to admit light, so that the names on the tablets can be clearly seen.

The shaft B is turned to bring up the tablets, one after the other, by means of a suitable crank, I, which is provided with a pawl, J, engaging a stationary ratchet-wheel, L. This prevents the shaft turning until the next time the crank is operated.

As each link is the length of one face of the hub O the chain is kept from any movement until the shaft is turned, and each time the .shaft is turned a tablet is brought (by a positive movement) in front of the glasses E and G.

I prefer to locate inside of the case a parti t-ion, M, around which the chain passes, and by which it is held in a vertical position, thus preventing it from being tangled.

I am aware that an upper and lower hub having an indicator-belt traveling around the same is old, and also that it is old in stationindieators to divide the case by a partition at tached to the lower part of the case, within each division of which is passed alternately back and forth a chain of indicator-tablets passing over a revolving hub; but these constructions I do not desire to claim.

I claim as my invention 1. 111 an indicator, the combination, with a casing provided with observation-openings, of a single shaftjourna-led in the casing, asingle hub thereon, a partition, and a belt provided with indicator-tablets and traveling over said hub and around said partition, being operated by said shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. In an indicator, the case provided with front and back openings, a single shaft provided with a single hub, a belt fitting upon the hub, and a partition around which the belt travels, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, Josnrn WAHLE. 

